Hi, Zdenek. El viernes 17 de septiembre del 2010 a las 23:11:58, Zdenek Kaspar escribió: > > I have some installations with Debian GNU/Linux Etch I'm migrating > > to KVM. I just installed a kernel 2.6.26 from backports to use > > Virtio. > > > > But when I try to boot the operating system, it can not find the vd* > > device to mount the root filesystem. I made sure to change the > > /etc/fstab using partitions vd* and using in the 'root' GRUB > > parameter the vd corresponding partition. Just in case it were not > > loading the module, I added 'virtioi-blk' in /etc/modules, but I > > keep getting the same problem. > > > > What could be the problem? > 1) try put virtio_pci and virtio_blk into /etc/initramfs-tools/modules > and run update-initramfs Great! Following these steps, the kernel boots without problems! It draws attention to me that previous was not necessary to do with a stock kernel 2.6.26 of Debian GNU/Linux Lenny wanting to switch from using IDE disks to virtio disks. > BTW, for next kernel package updates you should modify grub menu.lst: > ie: # kopt=root=/dev/vda1 ro otherwise next kernel update > (update-grub) will screw root parameter again if the entries were > automatically generated.. Thanks for the recommendation. Thanks to both for your replies. Regards, Daniel -- Fingerprint: BFB3 08D6 B4D1 31B2 72B9 29CE 6696 BF1B 14E6 1D37 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux Lenny - Linux user #188.598
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